Hillary Clinton

Friday Five

Four important news developments in Asia from this week and one key event to keep an eye out for next week. 1. Philippine President Benigno Aquino paid a visit to the United States and had his first meeting with President…

Why Go to Myanmar?

By Ernie Bower   Why should Hillary Clinton go to Myanmar? The short answer is to encourage the best chance at real political change in a country that effectively cloistered itself under harsh military rule for nearly five decades. Myanmar,…

Déjà Vu

By Karl F. Inderfurth The formal document issued at last week’s high-level conference in Turkey was entitled the “Istanbul Process on Regional Security and Cooperation for a Secure and Stable Afghanistan.” The participating nations pledged they will be guided by…